{"id":123047,"date":"2019-06-15T23:30:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-15T23:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/jeremy-hunt-slams-corbyns-pathetic-response-to-oil-tanker-attack-blamed-on-iran\/"},"modified":"2019-06-15T23:30:29","modified_gmt":"2019-06-15T23:30:29","slug":"jeremy-hunt-slams-corbyns-pathetic-response-to-oil-tanker-attack-blamed-on-iran","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/jeremy-hunt-slams-corbyns-pathetic-response-to-oil-tanker-attack-blamed-on-iran\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeremy Hunt slams Corbyns pathetic response to oil tanker attack blamed on Iran"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/GettyImages-1149672946.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt has branded Jeremy Corbyn \u201cpathetic\u201d after the Labour leader said there was no credible evidence that Iran attacked two oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.<\/p>\n<p>Corbyn accused the government of increasing the threat of war after the foreign office said it was \u201calmost certain\u201d the Iranian military were behind the attack.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/gulf-of-oman-oil-tanker-attack-us-says-video-shows-iran-removing-unexploded-mine\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">US releases video footage it says implicates Iran in oil tanker attacks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The foreign secretary hit back, branding Corbyns response \u201cpathetic and predictable\u201d and accusing the Labour leader of failing to back British interests.<\/p>\n<p>Two oil tankers \u2013 the Front Altair and Kokuka Courageous \u2013 were set on fire in attacks in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The US has accused Iran of being the perpetrator of the attacks, which the country has denied.<\/p>\n<p>Hunt has previously condemned the attack but called for diplomatic solutions to be found.<\/p>\n<p>The attacks sparked fears of escalating tensions between Iran and Saudi Arabia, and follows several attacks on oil tankers last month.<\/p>\n<p>Corbyn criticised the UK response and said the government was fuelling military escalation.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cBritain should act to ease tensions in the Gulf, not fuel a military escalation that began with US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWithout credible evidence about the tanker attacks, the governments rhetoric will only increase the threat of war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hunt, who won the second highest number of votes in the first round of the Tory leadership contest on Thursday, said Corbyn had once again failed to stand up for British interests.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPath<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityam.com\/jeremy-hunt-slams-corbyns-pathetic-response-to-oil-tanker-attack-blamed-on-iran\/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=jeremy-hunt-slams-corbyns-pathetic-response-to-oil-tanker-attack-blamed-on-iran\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Read More<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt has branded Jeremy Corbyn ..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123048,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-finance"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - 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